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- PARIVESH Portal provides a “single window” solution for an expeditious, transparent and effective decision making without compromising on environmental safeguards
- PARIVESH is a web based, role-based workflow application which has been developed for online submission and monitoring of the proposals submitted by the proponents seeking for Environmental (EC), Forest (FC), Wildlife (WL) and Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) clearances.
- It automates the entire tracking of proposals at each stage of the workflow.
Aim:
- Main aim and objective of the PARIVESH portal is to provide a “single window” solution by process automation of the four major clearances without compromising on the environmental safeguards.
- PARIVESH stands for Pro Active and Responsive Facilitation by Interactive and Virtuous Environmental Single-window Hub
Information that can be found on the PARIVESH portal
- Area sought for clearance
- Project cost
- Spatial information about project location
- Details of Project Proponent/User Agency
- Cost Benefit Analysis undertaken
- Status/links to associated environmental or wildlife clearance (if any)
- Project plan/ feasibility reports/ site inspection reports
Problems with PARIVESH
- Navigating through the PARIVESH portal is complicated as information is not organised uniformly across types/categories and regions.
- Because of the structure of the portal, too many steps are involved in obtaining a particular project’s information
- Proposals, projects or additional attached documents are not appropriately tagged, which makes finding them using the search function cumbersome.
- Complexities of the Clearance Processes:
- The complexities of the clearance processes and organisational hierarchies make access to information additionally difficult.
- For effective conservation advocacy, knowledge of potential areas of intervention is crucial, which makes a clear understanding of what happens at each level of approval imperative.
- Simple features would increase the efficiency of the portal manifold.
- To truly achieve the goal of increased transparency and efficiency in the green clearance process in India, providing better access to information is key.
SOURCE: THE HINDU, THE ECONOMIC TIMES, PIB
